Up on the second floor of the Student Union, journalism major Jennifer Gustavson is reading off the concert billboard on air on the university’s radio station, WUSB. In the small cubicle are albums of new music, posters and pictures of musicians, and reminders of the station’s policies. There is vintage equipment that Gustavson controls to manipulate the audio levels of her one-hour 9 to 10 a.m. Monday-morning broadcast.
Finally! A politician who has the integrity to stand by his position. Just to provide a little back story, Congressman Grayson previously more or less stated that the Republican Health Care Plan is assumes that citizens will not fall ill,…
A University senator voiced her concerns about the establishment of a Stony Brook University satellite in South Korea at the Undergraduate Student Government Senate’s September 25 meeting during open agenda.
In a shocking turn of events involving the recent controversy over NY Governor David Paterson’s decision to run for governor, President Obama was heard off the record saying some rather alarming insults on Monday, September 21.
What do you think would happen if you mixed Alice in Wonderland, American folklore, and early twentieth century racial politics? The combination has the vast potential to be god awful, or, in the case of Jeremy Love’s Bayou, one of the best comics of the year.
(Review of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Vol. 5: Predators and Prey)
As the back description of the volume reads, “Predators and Prey collects a series of one-shots establishing the new world order – where vampires reign supreme and Slayers are public enemy number one.” For those familiar with the series, this is a surprising but satisfying turn that, like the volumes before it, rejuvenates the story with a fresh spin.
Stony Brook graduate student Kasia Sawicka works four jobs, her primary one a research assistant at Stony Brook University. Like the more than 700 RAs on this campus, she receives a paycheck of roughly $19,000 to help cover the expenses of living on Long Island all the while working countless hours in the lab.
The USG Senate did not confirm Student Activities Board chair nominee Da’Nashja Davis at the September 9 Senate meeting due to her absence from the proceedings. Senator Syed Haq motioned to table Davis’ confirmation until the Senate could question her and determine her fitness for the position.
Budget gaps, a large student-to-faculty ratio, research grants and a young athletic program are just some of the issues that Stony Brook University’s fifth president, Dr. Samuel J. Stanley, will have to face.